Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti wrote to Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court seeking a fast track court to conclude the case within 90 days.

Kathua Case: Mehbooba Mufti is in Srinagar to discuss the future course of action in the case

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who also holds the Home portfolio, on Saturday terminated the services of four policemen accused in the rape and murder of a minor in Kathua district.

The Chief Minister also wrote to the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, seeking a fast track court to conclude within 90 days, the trial in the case that has caused nation-wide outrage, official sources said here.

Informed sources said the state government terminated the services of a sub-inspector, a head constable and two Special Police Officers (SPOs) accused in the crime.

The development comes a day after the resignation of two Bharatiya Janata Party ministers in the coalition government, Chaudhry Lal Singh and Chander Prakash Ganga, who had attended rallies in support of the accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua.

Mehbooba Mufti is in Srinagar to meet party legislators and senior ministers to discuss the future course of action on the case.